The Wow Factor Workplace

Are You a Best-Ever Boss? If No, Would You Like to Be One? Then be A WOW! Employees can be cynics and skeptics. Both have much in common--they've been disappointed, deceived, and at times, devastated. Most workplaces are loaded with the working wounded--men and women who have been let down by their leaders, their managers, their coworkers, even the culture of their workplace. They live for Fridays. Could that be yours? Is your workplace one where employees can't wait to clock out? Would you like to discover how you can create a workplace where the best and most talented people line up to get in? You can. Within this book are the strategies, tips and tools to make it so. The WOW Factor Workplace shows it's possible to create a workplace that not only WOWS everyone who works there, it WOWS everyone who hears about it. Yes, you can create a workplace where the best and most talented people line up to get in. A workplace where every time top talent comes into your company, they say WOW! And, a workplace when employees are asked, "What's it like to work at your company?" the response is, "I think I won the lottery!" People join companies and leave bosses. Get ready to become a WOW boss in a WOW factor workplace. WOW is within your reach with The WOW Factor Workplace: How to Create a Best Place to Work Culture.

Paula Stenberg is a creative careers strategist, workshop facilitator and small business mentor. She operates a careers lounge and facilitates professional development programmes through small group workshops. Some of the material in this book is derived from her Personal Branding and Identity Development workshop where numerous clients have benefited from the exercises about themselves, who have then moved forward and upward in their careers expressing their WOW factor! The WOW factor is that all evasive X-factor that some of us easily exude while others dont think they have any of IT at all! Paula believes everyone has an element of the X-factor, but it just needs discovering, harnessing and releasing. In this workbook she shows you how and directs the discovery of yours, particularly in relation to your world(s) of work. This workbook is sub-titled coloring in your nebula. Paula uses this as a metaphor, she explains: Our brains have their own nebulae (thats our grey matter) and our galaxies do too! (thats the iridescent gases). The nebulae are the star nurseries where stars are born. Our minds are like that, nurseries for ideas to be born, birthing sparks of inspiration. As the universe is infinite, so are our minds. Paula believes in figuratively coloring in our grey nebula to iridescent. Add light and you have instant color, add a little color and everything comes to life. Light up yourselves and become a star is not just what the famous have done; you too can shine like stars in the heavens, that hold us in awe of their splendour. Paula encourages coloring in your nebula by starting at your identity development and then personal brand, so you can gain that awe the wonder of you, your X-factor back into that someone who is AWESOME!

Brigham Dickinson is president of Power Selling Pros. His firm is dedicated to teaching companies how to create “WOW Culture” inside their organization. With their proven call-handling certification program and high customer satisfaction, Brigham’s company works with hundreds of home service companies in the United States, Canada & Australia.

Within Heartfelt Leadership, Deb Boelkes reveals how leaders can get through to anyone, even under what many would believe are not the best of circumstances. The result is a workplace that is admired; one that delivers outstanding results; one that employees seek to be part of. In your current role, do you honestly believe you can accomplish significant things that are important to you? If not, why not? Are you aware of the personal passions, priorities and goals of those on your team? If not, why not? Is it a priority for you to ensure that your team members are aligned with the mission, vision, and goals of your organization? If not, why not? Do your employees seek you out and respond to you with enthusiasm, or do they tend to ignore your presence? Within Heartfelt Leadership, you will hear from some truly exceptional award-winning bosses who have been consistently praised by their teams as the epitome of best-ever bosses. They reveal how they evolved into the extraordinary leaders they became ... the kind of leader that you, too, can become. Heartfelt Leadership: How to Capture the Top Spot and Keep on Soaring delivers the tools and knowledge to modify your leadership presence to become the inspiring person others want to follow. Heartfelt leaders are, for now, a rare breed. You can change that ... starting today!

In today's workplaces, one thing more than any other unites employees. Everyone has a story. For most, these stories involve a difficult person or unpleasant situation at work such as an abusive boss, a deceitful coworker, or an offensive colleague. Over time, people continue to hold on to these stories because the conflict at the heart of their story remains unresolved...because they feel they have been wronged. This book examines many such stories and applies an innovative, common sense approach to resolving them. You will learn that by embracing 6 easy to understand principles anyone can neutralize the source of the difficulties they encounter at work, and home, so that they are able to let go of their stories and move on. Workplace Wisdom: An Uncommon Common Sense Approach To Creating Amazing Workplace Relationships explains how we can all significantly improve the quality of our professional and personal relationships simply by changing how we see the people and the world around us.

Unfortunately, far too many people don’t like where they work. Some organizations are unhealthy and full of disrespectful behavior. Other workplaces are simply uninspiring. For various reasons, countless people feel trapped, indifferent, or bored at work. The authors of this book believe that people should be able to like where they work. When employees like the places they work, it’s not only good for their mental health and well-being, it’s also good for their organizations – both financially and otherwise. When a workplace culture is purposely created to be respectful and inspiring, employees are happier, more productive, and more engaged. By exploring six key elements that make up a healthy workplace culture, The Culture Question answers two fundamental questions: “How does your organization’s culture impact how much people like where they work?” and “What can you do to make it better?” Discover how to create a workplace where people like to work by focusing on these six elements of healthy workplace culture: Communicating Your Purpose and Values. Employees are inspired when they work in organizations whose purpose and values resonate with them. Providing Meaningful Work. Most employees want to work on projects that inspire them, align with what they are good at, and allow them to grow. Focusing Your Leadership Team on People. How leaders relate to their employees plays a major role in how everyone feels about their workplace. Building Meaningful Relationships. When employees like the people they work with and for, they are more satisfied and more engaged in their work. Creating Peak Performing Teams. People are energized when they work together effectively because teams achieve things that no one person could do on their own. Practicing Constructive Conflict Management. When leaders don’t handle conflict promptly and well, it quickly sours the workplace. This book includes survey feedback from over 2,400 leaders and employees and resources for putting these ideas into action.